Summer is here and we’re bringing the heat with a brand new season of fighting game madness in SoCal! Spicing things this season, we are excited to announce our partnership with ESL for a chance to win travel and lodging accommodations to the Brooklyn Beatdown!

Weds Night Fights and ESL are seeking out SoCal’s finest Street Fighter V players to compete for a piece of the $75,000 prize pool taking place October 1-2 at ESL One in New York. But not so fast! Summer season players must compete and accumulate points at Weds Night Fights from August 3 – September 8. The highest overall points at the end of the season wins the grand prize! Runner up prizes will be awarded to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place by HyperX and Arcade Shock. Make sure to catch all the action on http://twitch.tv/leveluplive every Wednesday at 9:30PM PST!

For more information about The Brooklyn Beatdown at ESL One in NY, visit:

Look for us on the front page of http://smash.gg to register for Weds Night Fights every week!

Weds Night Fights x First Attack 2016!

Level Up and Electronic Sports Puerto Rico(ESPR) are bringing excitement and amazing opportunities to our scenes! The Spring Season Street Fighter V WNF champion will win flight and lodging accommodations to First Attack 2016 in beautiful Puerto Rico this September 3-4. Spring Season has already started last week (May 11) and there are 7 more episodes to compete for points to win the trip. Let’s find out what’s in store at First Attack 2016!

What else is there to do at First Attack? The event will take place at the Puerto Rico Convention Center with over 40,900 square feet of festivities such as casual stations, cosplay contests, trading cards competitions, giveaways, Puerto Rico’s finest cuisines, Salty Suites, and much more. The Hyatt Place at the San Juan City Center is a perfect vacation destination for players looking to experience a great time at a lavish island resort. If you wish to extend your stay to explore Puerto Rico, make sure to contact ESPR at firstattackpr@gmail.com and they will assist all your questions.

Weds Night Fights 2016 tournament season is here and we are excited to showcase another year of fresh new competition in SoCal! Continuing our venue partnership with the beautiful eSports Arena in downtown Santa Ana, we have access to fully utilize the 15,000 square-feet facility to fit any fighting games and build communities from scratch. We had an amazing amount of entrants in the 2015 Fall Season and we are aiming for historic increases this year due to new titles and updates in 2016. If you are new to our weekly events, this is the fighting game tournament series which caters to the entire genre, promotes community growth, and a place to meet new rivals in competition! Winter Season begins this Feb. 17 and streamed live on our Twitch channel http://twitch.tv/leveluplive

BYOC is back! One of the core features of Weds Night Fights is having dedicated BYOC sections throughout eSports Arena. We feel having a BYOC at all times increases the amount of play time for tournament players and to introduce new players to the scene. We have 2 levels of BYOC space throughout the venue so first come, first serve to set up shop with your favorite titles! (Please Note: We have limited supplies of consoles since many are used for WNF tournaments.)

Community Outreach

Many community members join events and are genuinely interested in starting a scene on their own. Finding affordable venue space with adequate power, internet, tables, and chairs however can be extremely overwhelming for anybody. We understand the hardships and want to offer you an opportunity to grow the scene the right way. We want to work with passionate members of the community to be ambassadors of your favorite titles. If you are interested in community building, we will provide you/your organization a road map on how to promote, run tournaments, acquire set ups, and stream on your own channel at WNF! Your event will be promoted throughout our social mediums every week and your stream channel will be part of our Level Up Team Member’s page on Twitch! All YouTube replays from your archives will also remain on your channel! If you are interested, please send us an email at admin@levelup-series.com

Main Event Games

Street Fighter V – PC (New Alienware i7 / GTX 960)

Mortal Kombat X – PS4

Smash 4 – Wii U

Community Driven

Melee – Gamecube

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 – Xbox360

Killer Instinct – XboxOne

Guilty Gear Xrd – PS3

Blazblue Chrono Phantasma Extend – PS3

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – PS3

UNIEL – PS3

Gamelist for BYOC (Limited consoles available!)

Ultra Street Fighter IV – PC / Xbox360

Mortal Kombat X – PS4

Smash 4 – Wii U

Melee – Gamecube

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 – Xbox360

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – PS3

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – PS3

Guilty Gear Xrd – PS3

UNIEL – PS3

Divekick – PS3

(If you want your title to be featured, feel free to let us know your community building plan so we can work with you! Reach out to us at admin@levelup-series.com)

Special season prizes from our WNF partners! Stay tuned for prize distribution breakdown!

Season Points Breakdown

Every WNF Season event has ranking points which accumulate for an overall finalist prize. We have added 2 WNF boost events during the each mid and season finale events by 10 points. Top 4 finalists qualify to win a prize at the end of the season from our awesome partners.

Weds Night Fights off season events are back! Off season events are WNF that run outside the regular season and do not have ranking point value. More games, more competition all year long! Please note: Holidays and eSports Arena special events will have priority over our Off Season events.

Access to the Arena (Full access to Level Up FGC section and PCs for other genres of competitive gaming.)

Early Access to Events

Member Only Events

Dedicated Fighting Game Community Section provided by Level Up

Spectator Pass

Spectating or just watching the action live is absolutely FREE!

Dedicated Fighting Game Community Section provided by Level Up

If you are coming to practice on multiple days or meet up with friends for casuals, you can utilize the facility any day of the week with your membership or daily pass! As long as the facility isn’t fully booked by a private event, we are providing games to rushdown the competition!

About Alex Valle

Alex Valle is a key figure in the fighting game community and has been a top player since 1995. With both player and community experience, he provides the cohesion element that is needed to bring existing communities together and form new ones.